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On April 22, 2008, Kansas sent a letter to Nebraska detailing what it felt the damages should be for Nebraska's overuse. This was an estimate that Nebraska requested that Kansas make.

Cover Letter

Attachment 1 - Estimated Cost of Compliance

Attachment 2 - Analysis of Measures Required for Compliance

Attachment 3 - Analysis of Shutdown Effects

The $72 million that Kansas is requesting covers the damages caused by Nebraska being out of compliance in 2005 and 2006. It does not include the costs Kansas will estimate at a later date for the 2007 overage or the 2003-2007 overages.

Posted by Steve Smith at 09:12 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Now that Ann Bleed has resigned, we have renewed our effort to get some of the problems in the computer simulation regulating the Republican River corrected. As Bleed was a part of the negotiating team and technical staff that created the Model and adopted it, she had little incentive to correct the problems. Doing so could have been seen as an acknowledgment that some errors had been made in creation of the simulation.

Now that Bleed is gone there in a new opportunity to get a fresh set of eyes to look at the problems in the simulation and perhaps correct the most egregious.

http://www.waterclaim.org/dnr/lettertogovernor.htm

Posted by Steve Smith at 10:14 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Ann Bleed has been asked to resign and is doing so effectively March 24, 2008. Her replacement will be Brian Dunnigan. He is currently the Deputy Director of the DNR.

We see this as an opportunity for the Governor to appoint someone that will correct flaws in the computer simulation, that will negotiate in good faith with the NRDs in finding a solution that will satisfy Kansas and at the same time protect the economy of the region. Hopefully the Governor will appoint someone that is willing to recognize the effects of conservation and create policies accordingly.

We know the new director will have a difficult job. We simply hope that the Governor will appoint someone that is honest and deals in good faith.

Posted by Steve Smith at 02:54 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)